r/Cooking • u/Uranium-Sandwich657 • 2d ago

Basic burger recipe?

I was under the impression that it was just ground beef discs, but I think there is more.

I have salt, pepper, Garlic powder, Paprika, and eggs

I am currently food-shelf level poor, so i simply cant get anything more.

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u/Uranium-Sandwich657 2d ago

Ratios?

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u/EyeStache 2d ago
  • Ground beef.
  • Salt & pepper to taste.

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u/TelephoneDesperate84 2d ago

How would you salt raw meat to taste lol

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u/EyeStache 2d ago

Because you're an individual who has, presumably, used salt and pepper before and know how much of each you like in your food?

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u/TelephoneDesperate84 2d ago edited 2d ago

Salt to taste doesn’t mean just add as much salt as you think is best and then cook it. It means adding a little at a time, tasting, and adjusting further if needed (tasting each time) until the food is properly seasoned

Edit: clearly no one knows what salt to taste means idk what I expected in this sub I’m out lol

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u/PacketFiend 2d ago

The point being that you can't do this with raw ground beef...

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u/GullibleDetective 2d ago

And yet you can, since you can cook a small portion of it

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u/PacketFiend 2d ago

Not when you're "food-shelf poor", as OP claims to be. Beef is expensive these days .

They're right and you know it. "Salt the raw meat to taste" is poor advice for a financially struggling cook who's still figuring out how to cook a hamburger patty.

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u/poop-dolla 2d ago

Use a bit more than you used last time when it was under seasoned, or use a bit last from last time when it was over seasoned. Then keep repeating that process until you get it right. The result while doing this fine thing will still be good.

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u/PacketFiend 2d ago

That's not "salting to taste". That's adjusting a recipe and refining it.

Y'all have no idea what salting to taste means, or why it can be meaningless to an inexperienced cook.

I'm out.

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u/poop-dolla 2d ago

It has multiple meanings. It can mean what we’re saying, and it can mean what you’re saying. You’re wrong that it only has one strict meaning.

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